Leeds DEC
Leeds Development Education Centre
Leeds DEC is an educational charity that aims to raise awareness of global sustainable development issues with people in West Yorkshire
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We have a wide range of resources for primary and secondary teachers and youth workers available for sale or loan
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SECONDARY PSHCE RESOURCES
Education for Citizenship
A practical, accessible handbook providing teachers with useful classroom activities and a grounding in citizenship education. Routledge Falmer (2002) £24.50

Citizenship Schools A practical guide to education for citizenship and personal development 5-18
Contains materials for both teachers and policy makers and provides an approach to school improvement that meets the challenges of a rapidly changing world by involving all members of the school community particularly learners. Southgate Publishers (2001) £14.95

Talking Rights : Taking Responsibility - activities for secondary school English and Citizenship
Brings together knowledge and understanding of the UN convention on the rights of the child and discussion of values in everyday life. UNICEF (1999) £13.00

80:20 Development in an unequal world (16+)
A completely revised and updated edition of 75:25. Offers an excellent introduction to development issues. TIDE (2002) £17.50

Global Perspectives in the National Curriculum : Human Rights Guidance for Key Stages 2 & 3
Suggests ways to explore human rights across a range of curriculum areas. DEA (1999)

Citizenship for the Future - a practical classroom guide (7-14)
The many stimulating class room activities in this book show how young people can be helped to explore the kind of future they want for themselves, for society and for the world. WWF (2001) £11.99

Auditing Citizenship a citizenship and PSHE curriculum audit for KS3 & KS4 DEC (South Yorkshire) 2002 £5.00

Developing Rights: Teaching about rights and responsibilities (11-14)
Handbook with classroom activities helping young people to take responsibility for claiming and maintaining rights for themselves and for others in a social and global context. Oxfam (1998) £11.00

It’s Not Fair (14+)
Handbook on world development with activities and simulation games. CAFOD/Christian Aid/SCIAF (1993) £7.25

Making Peace (11-16)
Handbook with activities looking at the complex issues of conflict and post-conflict reconciliation. Oxfam (1997) £11

Global Express - the rapid response information series for schools on development issues in the news (KS2-3)
Published 3 or 4 times a year in rapid response to major items in the news. You can subscribe to the series via the Panos Institute Tel: 0171 2781111
Manchester DEP. Sample set of recent issues £6.00

 

 

 

 

 

Xchanging the World (16+)
Handbook with activities looking at how the world trade system produces poverty and inequality. RISC (1997) £13.95

This City Life - street children around the world PSE Pack (KS3-4)
A PSE activity pack is complemented by a core book of facts, issues and case studies and a video of interviews with children and young people talking about their experiences of homelessness and street life. Includes sections on families and relationships, life away from home, social exclusion and rights participation and citizenship. Leeds DEC (1999) £19.95 (introductory offer, normal price £22.50)

Challenging a Disabling World (11-16)
A pack of activities and supporting information related to disability and development, exploring issues such as the use of language, the rights of disabled people and the causes of disability worldwide. Milton Keynes WDEC (1995) £8.50

Reflections of Africa and Britain (11-18)
Activity pack with 30 A4 colour photographs enabling children to gain a new insight into British and African life. Action Aid (1996) £15.00

Final Frontier? Land and Environment Pastoralism in Kenya (11-16)
Activity pack with 24 A4 colour photographs focusing on the lives of Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, covering issues about land, economy and the environment. Leeds DEC (1993) £9.50

Final Frontier? CD-Rom
Interactive CD-Rom based on the Final Frontier? activity pack. Leeds DEC (1996) £89.00 site licence copy or £34.00 library copy

Looking Beyond the Brochure - the impact of tourism in the Gambia (KS 3-4)
A video pack with activities and lesson plans and photocopiable worksheets for PSE/citizenship. Makes connections between tourism in the Gambia and young people’s lives in the UK. Tourism Concern (1999) £6.25 (PSE version). English pack available for £12.50

Destinations in Focus (16+)
Activity pack encouraging an appreciation of the complex issues around tourism, including extensive case studies. Tourism Concern (1997) £9.25

Science and Global Citizenship (16-18)
Looks at specific resources to support global dimensions to learning Biology, Chemistry, Physics ‘A’ Levels and GNVQ science courses. CEWC (1997) £2.00

Crucial Skills: an Anger Management and Problem Solving Teaching Programme for Secondary School Students - This programme is aimed at students who experience challenging and angry behaviours leading to them into disaffection and disciplinary problems. It promotes the self-belief in students that can effect change in their own behaviour and achieve a positive outcome. Lucky Duck Publishing (2000) £20.00


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